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NBA Free-Agency Shakes-Up Fantasy Basketball Prospectus
bleacherreport.com - 7/12/2009
NBA Free-Agency Shakes-Up Fantasy Basketball Prospectus
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Two things can happen in free-agency.  Bad teams can use it as a method to quickly improve their roster if they're willing to spend some cash.  Or, good teams can get better. For over a year now, we've known that the bad are looking to get better in the summer of 2010, which, in turn, means the good teams are separating themselves from the pack in 2009. No matter how bad a team is they will still score between 90 and 110 points per game.  They will still start five professional ...
Lakers Sign Artest, Lose Ariza: Fan Reaction
lakeshowlife.com - 7/9/2009
Lakers Sign Artest, Lose Ariza: Fan Reaction
— lakeshowlife.com — Problem or solution? The recent free agent swap between the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers included... two strikingly different players, Trevor Ariza and Ron Artest. Ariza is known in Los Angeles for his clutch playoff 3-pointers and game-changing defensive plays. Artest is known for ... (more) Lakers Sign Artest, Lose Ariza: Fan Reaction

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It's Official: Pistons Sign Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva
motownstringmusic.com - 7/8/2009
It's Official: Pistons Sign Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva
— motownstringmusic.com — Today was the first day that free agents could sign their new contracts, so the Pistons held... a press conference announcing the official signing of Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva .  The deals were agreed to on July 1 , the day free agents and their agents could officially begin ... (more) It's Official: Pistons Sign Ben Gordon and Charlie ...

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New faces - 5 possible NBA endorsement deals
cuzoogle.com - 7/13/2009
New faces - 5 possible NBA endorsement deals
— cuzoogle.com — Now that the free agent frenzy has cooled off (for now), we can all sit back and... think about how each player is going to fit in with their new team. Will Shaq be the answer in Cleveland? Will Artest make the Lakers a lock for another title?  ... (more) New faces - 5 possible NBA endorsement deals

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Give Me The Rock — ... Now, I can’t knock their ability to get it done so quickly, but I do feel obliged (on behalf of the crack team of bloggers I’ve assembled) to note that their rankings apply only to an 8 category league, and that when the GMTR-Et.Al. Draft Guide 2009 comes out it will have the Top 250 players for 8 and 9 category leagues for both H2H and Roto. Yeppers. More paragraphs from ESPN on the off-season’s free agent movement. Bleacher Report’s John Lorge also discusses these matters. RotoTimes has a piece of the Off-Season Outlook of the ...

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